Thermal and surface anisotropy effects on the magnetization reversal of a nanocluster
Thermal and surface anisotropy effects on the magnetization reversal of a nanocluster
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热和表面各向异性对纳米团簇磁化反转的影响
DOI:
10.1088/0022-3727/41/13/134004
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发表时间:
2007
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通讯作者:
Y. Kalmykov
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作者:
P. Déjardin;H. Kachkachi;Y. Kalmykov
The relaxation rate and temperature-dependent switching field (SF) curve of a spherical magnetic nanocluster are calculated by including the effect of surface anisotropy (SA) via an effective anisotropy model. In particular, it is shown that SA may change the thermally activated magnetization reversal by more than an order of magnitude, and that temperature-dependent SF curves noticeably deviate from the Stoner–Wohlfarth astroid. With recent and future μ-SQUID measurements in mind, we indicate how comparison of our results with experimental data on isolated clusters may allow one to obtain valuable information on SA.